Unscramble CONTRETEMPS to get 362 words. CONTRETEMPS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. CONTEMPERS is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CONTRETEMPS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 7 with 9, 28 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among the 10-letter words made with CONTRETEMPS letters, CONTEMPERS leads with 16 points, then CENTREMOST and TORPESCENT on 14.
Of the 28 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRETEMPS, 6 score 14 points, the group's best. PROTECTS, CONTEMPT and COMPETES are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from CONTRETEMPS; 6 of them share the top score of 13. PERCENT, RESPECT and PROTECT are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words made with CONTRETEMPS letters are led by COEMPT, COMPER and COMPTS, 12 points each. CENTER, CENTRE and CEMENT are the familiar ones.
COMPS and COMPT are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRETEMPS, 11 points each. COMES, SCOPE and POEMS will look familiar.
COMP scores highest among the 4-letter words from CONTRETEMPS at 10 points, ahead of CEPE and CEPS on 8. COST, COME and MEET are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words in CONTRETEMPS tie at 7 points; none scores more. TOP, MEN and PRO will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CONTRETEMPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in PS · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CONTEMPTS (15 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONTRETEMPS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRETEMPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 362) | 293 | 361 | 266 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
69 of the 362 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONTEMPERS, CONTEMPER, COMPTERS, TORPESCENT, COMPERS, COMPTER, COMPER, PROSEMEN, PECTOSE, PORTMEN, REPOMEN, TEMPORE and 57 more. 26 of the 362 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CORNETTS, MERCES, STOREMEN, CORNETT, CRETONS, MERCS, PERCS, PEREONS, SPECT, MERC, PERC, CERTS and 14 more. 1 of the 362 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CENTREMOST.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTRETEMPS and one more.